Regrettably, it has become clear that torture of detainees in United States custody is not limited to Abu Ghraib or even Iraq. Since Abu Ghraib, ther….

As we celebrate Black History Month we should be grateful for the achievements they made and inspired by their legacies to continue their work..

It is never too late to regain our credibility around the world..

I support responsible spending, and balancing the budget, but this tax cut and the budget cuts of last month accomplish neither of these goals..

Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws..

Our own State Department polls say that 80 percent of Iraqis view the United States as an unpopular occupier..

Over the past few years special interests have had a larger and larger say over who gets what in America, and the voices of average citizens are bein….

Black History Month must be more than just a month of remembrance; it should be a tribute to our history and reminder of the work that lies in the mo….

Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights ….

The 55% of American households that make less than $40,000 will get a tax break of only $7 while the households that make more than $1 million will r….

The worst excesses of the Congress of the 1980s pale in comparison with what is going on in Washington today..

I don't want to remember 2005 as a year that the government heaped unnecessary burdens upon American families. Stealing from the poor and middle clas….

What's interesting is there are $12 billion of breaks in the energy bill that passed, yet we see that the sixth major oil companies in America last y….

First of all, I'm in favor of making price gouging a crime, and in fact, one the reasons I didn't vote for the Republican House version was because t….

For three years now, our brave men and women in uniform have done everything their country has asked of them, yet President Bush still does not have ….

At the same time, Republicans are pushing a $70 billion tax package that will overwhelmingly benefit the most wealthy Americans and actually increase….

Forty-five percent of Iraqi citizens think it is morally okay to attack American troops..

The reality is that we have missed a lot of opportunities in Iraq because of a failed policy..

The fact is I've been in Massachusetts for the last two weeks, and it seems over the last few days that the price is increasing by the hour at the pu….

Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an i….

Recently, lobbyists for the pharmaceutical industry wrote a prescription drug bill that increased their profits and did nothing to help seniors. The ….